Optima‘s seven-story mixed-use development known as Optima Lakeview has announced its grand opening. The rental apartment building is located at 3460 N Broadway on the former site of Treasure Island Foods in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood and is featuring the region’s first year-round rooftop pool.

The development has reportedly leased 35 percent of the 198 rentals. As previously reported, the rentals range from one- to three-bedroom floor plans and each comes with a private balcony or terrace. All residences are fairly spacious with a minimum of 1,053 square feet to give residents the flexibility to accommodate their lifestyles. Though unfurnished, apartments have custom wardrobes with built-in shelves and drawers for clothes and storage and bring in more light than traditional walled-off closets. Rents start at $2,500 per month. The building will also include 14,000 square feet of street-level retail.

Optima Lakeview caters to work-from-home residents by featuring two wired conference spaces and a business center, as well as several indoor and outdoor seating areas. The building notably became the first North American residential development to earn WiredScore® Gold Rating for Digital Connectivity. Each residence is equipped with smart home technology, including keyless unit entry and smart thermostats and lights.

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Many of Optima Lakeview’s amenities are connected by the seven-story atrium which is topped with a skylight, allowing for natural light to flood the building’s interior. For a touch of green, planters have been placed throughout the floors surrounding the atrium, and when the plants mature it will create a hanging garden effect.

Indoor basketball and pickleball courts, a sports lounge, and a golf simulator are accessible near the building’s entrance. There is an upstairs fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment, a yoga studio, sauna, pet spa, children’s play area, and more.

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CHICAGO — Optima Inc. has begun development of Optima Lakeview, a 198-unit luxury apartment project in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. The seven-story, transit-oriented development will replace a shuttered Treasure Island grocery store and parking lot. Designed by Hovey, the project also includes 14,000 square feet of street-level commercial space. Residents will have access to 40,000 square feet of amenities, including a rooftop sky deck, pool, indoor basketball court, golf simulator, fitness center, yoga room, sports lounge, pet spa, game room, business center and two conference rooms. The building will offer 94 fully enclosed parking spaces and storage for 208 bicycles. Optima says it designed larger floor plans to accommodate dedicated space for a home office in today’s work-from-home environment. Completion is slated for March 2022.

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As fall approaches, construction work continues on Optima Lakeview, a 198-unit rental community taking shape at the site of the former Treasure Island grocery store at 3460 N. Broadway.

Although the seven-story project isn’t expected to welcome residents until spring 2022, developer-architect Optima, Inc. has provided Urbanize fresh images hinting at what renters can expect from the building’s expansive private terraces and its striking glass-enclosed central atrium.

Optima Lakeview was designed with multiple upper-level architectural setbacks to provide outdoor spaces ranging from 67 to 2113 square feet and feature built-in grills and fire pits. One of the new renderings shows residents enjoying a private 986-square-foot landscaped terrace that is attached to a single unit.

While not every apartment will enjoy such expansive outdoor spaces, every renter in the building will have access to 40,000 square feet of amenities including an indoor basketball court, a fitness center, a dog park, a children’s play area, a game room, a demonstration kitchen, a golf simulator and putting green, conference rooms, and a communal rooftop pool deck with sweeping lake and skyline views.

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Optima, Inc. has announced the grand opening of its 198-unit Optima Lakeview luxury rental apartment building at 3478 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood, featuring the region’s first year-round rooftop pool. Previously home to a shuttered Treasure Island Foods grocery store, Optima Lakeview has returned the site to a neighborhood asset that will include 14,000 square feet of street-level retail.

Optima CEO and Founder David Hovey Sr., FAIA, designed Optima Lakeview as a one-of-a-kind luxury apartment community, from its modern exterior – an elegant and sophisticated palette of warm-toned exterior materials, including transparent bronze glass and rich, dark brick, to complement the architecture of the surrounding neighborhood – to its striking interior, which includes a seven-story atrium that runs through the core of the building and features vertical landscaping to flood the space with natural light and foliage.

Currently 35% leased, Optima Lakeview offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with high-end finishes and smart home technology. Private balconies or terraces are included. Optima Lakeview’s units average a spacious 1,053 square feet to give residents more flexibility to accommodate a dedicated space for a home office, bar, children’s play area or pet. Custom wardrobes with built-in shelves and drawers for clothes and storage rather than traditional walled-off closets bring in more natural light. Rents start at $2,500 per month.

Optima Lakeview residents will experience the curated property management service offered by Optima, which include a number of unique programs. For example, Optimized Service® offers contact-free in-home package delivery, housekeeping services, on-site room service, fitness programming and a virtual personal assistant, among other offerings, while Optima Connect® customizes exclusive benefits and discounts for residents at local businesses.

Emphasizing wellness, fresh air and outdoor space, Optima designed the building with setbacks that provide multiple residences with private outdoor landscaped terraces, complete with trees, built-in grills and fire pits. Terraces range from 67 to about 1,600 square feet.

Access to the outdoors year-round also extends to the building’s common areas, where a rooftop sky deck offering views of Lake Michigan, Wrigley Field and the Chicago skyline is equipped with fire tables and heaters suitable for Chicago’s colder climate. The 35-by-25-foot rooftop pool will stay heated and swimmable year-round. When not taking advantage of the heated pool, Optima Lakeview residents can use the rooftop’s many other outdoor amenities, including a spa, theater, lounge seating and a dozen grills and kitchen stations. The rooftop also includes a glass-enclosed party room complete with TV, various seating arrangements and a full chef’s kitchen. Residents’ pets can enjoy the outdoors, too, as a few floors down is the building’s 2,000-square-foot heated dog park.

Inside, most of Optima Lakeview’s amenities are connected by the seven-story atrium that runs through the building’s core and is topped by a skylight, allowing natural light to flood the building’s interior. Planters have been strategically placed on various floors surrounding the atrium, which will create a hanging garden when the plants mature.

Near the building’s entrance is an indoor basketball/pickleball court, sports lounge and golf simulator, all of which are flanked by street-level windows for additional light. Upstairs is a fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment, yoga/stretching room, sauna, pet spa, children’s play area with an emphasis on active gross motor play, residents’ club, game room and chef’s kitchen.

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Optima, Inc. has released two new renderings of its Optima Lakeview, a rental project in the North Side’s Lakeview neighborhood. Set to welcome first move-ins next spring, Optima Lakeview is a seven-story, 198-unit community rising on the site of the former Treasure Island store.

Optima designed the building to feature a series of setbacks that provide for outdoor landscaped terraces on the upper levels of the building that will feature built-in grills and fire pits. An atrium will run through its seven-story core and be topped with a skylight to bring in ample natural light.

Designed well before the pandemic by David Hovey Sr., FAIA, co-founder and CEO of Optima, Inc., Optima Lakeview will feature biophilic elements to connect residents to fresh air and ample sunlight as well as year-round amenities, such as the rooftop pool.

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